I warn my students every semester, “One day you will question every part of your childhood.”
They, of course, don’t believe me. But it happens to us all.
Tag: Family
Working Parent Reality: Kids in the Workplace
When you are a parent who works outside of the home, you have to accept an uncomfortable truth: your children will come to intimately know your workplace.
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The Years We Stop Talking
It’s the reason marriages fall apart. And it has everything to do with children.
The First Jesus Questions
My son is four years, one month, and 20 days old. And he is starting to ask questions about Jesus.
Every goodnight kiss is a gift.
When you’re a new mother, it feels like they’ll be little forever. You study their every part. You learn their every mood. You breathe more deeply in their presence.
But then life changes, and you settle into routines. And you begin to understand the difficulty that comes with children growing – evolving into better humans.
And, at some point, you may return to work.
Tired Parent vs. Good Friend
Excuses. Those of us who parent young children are good at making them.
Perhaps too good.
Why Mothers Hold On
Our family recently moved…twice. And somewhere in between the boxes and whispered curse words, I caught a glimpse of nearly three years of loving sacrifice.
Nursing bras.
My husband had carefully stacked my drawers beside the dresser, and in that moment I felt exposed.
What am I still holding on?
The Day Politics Went Dark
Our lives have become filled with negative things – ugly things we do our best to bury deep. Lately, it’s been hard. Take a look around Facebook. Or, even worse, Twitter.
But the eclipse, I would argue, changed it all. For one day, politics wasn’t the focus. Yes, we should all still care what President Trump says and does, but the distraction was – in a word – welcome.
Last week, I was scrambling to order glasses in time. My husband may be the scientist, but the eclipse offered something so rare, so human.
I craved a reason to look up.
The Great American Family Road Trip [2017]: Days 11-13
“Do you want to stay or leave?”
It’s a question with no right answer, but it comes up often in our marriage.
Several weeks ago, my husband and I decided to make our last overnight stop a short stay in Mississippi with his family. But our daughter’s diagnosis of hand, foot, and mouth in Colorado changed everything.
We desperately needed a day outside of the car.
But, if we stayed longer than originally planned, could we drive from Mississippi to Georgia in one day in time to make our kids’ preschool open house at 7 p.m. the next day?
This would be the challenge on the final leg of our journey.
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The Great American Family Road Trip [2017]: Day 10
“It’s going to be uncomfortable.”
My husband’s pre-road trip words were more than a warning – they were an imminent truth.
And by Day 10, hand, foot, and mouth disease had led to collective sleepless malaise. We were also running out of clean clothes.
But our daughter gave us the best reason to hold on and not grow weary.
It was her second birthday.
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